Interactive kitchen display

Abstract

A system provides an elongated display that has a touchscreen with a multi-user interactive display area that is accessible simultaneously by at least two users. A sensor may monitor users at or near the interactive display area of the touchscreen, such as to transmit a sensor signal that identifies the presence of a user, which may be used to determine a location of the user relative to the elongated display. A characteristic of the user may also be identified with a sensor, where the characteristic may correspond with a user profile. The elongated display may display an image at a section of the interactive display area near the location of the user, where the image corresponds with a preselected setting of the user profile.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at data processing hardware, sensor data from a sensor within a kitchen environment, the sensor communicating with a display mounted on a vertical wall within the kitchen environment;   determining, by the data processing hardware, that the sensor data indicates a presence of a user;   activating, by the data processing hardware, a kitchen API based on the presence of the user, the kitchen API configured to communicate with one or more appliance APIs within the kitchen environment, each appliance API configured to control at least one appliance within the kitchen environment; and   displaying, by the data processing hardware, an interactive window of the kitchen API on the display.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a touch screen overlay. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a time of flight (TOF) sensor or an infrared (IR) sensor. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the data processing hardware, updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining, by the data processing hardware, that the updated sensor data indicates a motion gesture, the motion gesture configured to generate an associated movement for the interactive window; and   generating, by the data processing hardware, the associated movement for the interactive window based on the motion gesture.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the motion gesture comprises a hand swipe and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a center position aligned with the user to an offset position misaligned with the user. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the motion gesture comprises an open palm to a fist and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a background of the display to a foreground of the display. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the motion gesture comprises a push motion and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a foreground of the display to a background in the display. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining that the sensor data indicates the presence of the user further comprises:
 determining an identity of the user present within the kitchen environment; and   determining an authorization for the user present at the kitchen API based on the determined identity.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the data processing hardware, an access request to a remote server associated with a respective appliance API, the access request comprising a user interaction. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interactive window tracks a location of the user within the kitchen environment. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the data processing hardware, updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining, by the data processing, that the user changed positions in the kitchen environment based on the updated sensor data;   identifying, by the data processing hardware, a location of a head of the user within the kitchen environment and an orientation of the head of the user within the kitchen environment; and   displaying, by the data processing hardware, the interactive window in alignment with both the location of the head of the user and the orientation of the head of the user.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the data processing hardware, updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining, by the data processing, that the user changed positions in the kitchen environment based on the updated sensor data;   identifying, by the data processing hardware, a location of a center of mass of a torso of the user within the kitchen environment; and   displaying, by the data processing hardware, the interactive window in alignment with the location of a center of mass of a torso of the user.   
     
     
         13 . A system comprising:
 a sensor;   a display mounted on a vertical wall within a kitchen environment, the display in communication with the sensor and configured to receive sensor data;   data processing hardware; and   memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
 receiving sensor data from the sensor within the kitchen environment; 
 determining that the sensor data indicates a presence of a user; 
 activating a kitchen API based on the presence of the user, the kitchen API configured to communicate with one or more appliance APIs within the kitchen environment, each appliance API configured to control at least one appliance within the kitchen environment; and 
 displaying an interactive window of the kitchen API on the display. 
   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the display comprises a touch screen overlay. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a time of flight (TOF) sensor or an infrared (IR) sensor. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining that the updated sensor data indicates a motion gesture, the motion gesture configured to generate an associated movement for the interactive window; and   generating the associated movement for the interactive window based on the motion gesture.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the motion gesture comprises a hand swipe and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a center position aligned with the user to an offset position misaligned with the user. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the motion gesture comprises an open palm to a fist and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a background of the display to a foreground of the display. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the motion gesture comprises a push motion and the associated movement moves the interactive window from a foreground of the display to a background in the display. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein determining that the sensor data indicates the presence of the user further comprises:
 determining an identity of the user present within the kitchen environment; and   determining an authorization for the user present at the kitchen API based on the determined identity.   
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an access request to a remote server associated with a respective appliance API, the access request comprising a user interaction. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the interactive window tracks a location of the user within the kitchen environment. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining that the user changed positions in the kitchen environment based on the updated sensor data;   identifying a location of a head of the user within the kitchen environment and an orientation of the head of the user within the kitchen environment; and   displaying the interactive window in alignment with both the location of the head of the user and the orientation of the head of the user.   
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving updated sensor data from the sensor;   determining that the user changed positions in the kitchen environment based on the updated sensor data;   identifying a location of a center of mass of a torso of the user within the kitchen environment; and   displaying the interactive window in alignment with the location of a center of mass of a torso of the user.